INTB 2200 Lecture Notes - The Surplus, Neck Deep
29 Apr 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The next important aspect relates to the functionaries operating in the indian agricultural markets. A very large number of intermediaries have come to exist between producer and consumers of these the major ones are: village beopari is by far the most usual purchaser of the produce, who deals in his individual capacity. He usually collects the produce from the villages and hats and brings it to the wholesale markets and from there it reaches the consumers. Beoparies generally purchase when prices are low and sell it when they are high: itinerant beopari wanders from village to village, collects the produce and takes it to the nearest market. He purchases at cheaper rates owing to the lack of competition from other beoparies: tola or weigh men also to some extent function as intermediaries. Technically speaking they are supposed to only weigh the produce and charge a commission for certifying its weight.
